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US Deports COVID-Positive Immigrants to Haiti and Guatemala, Spreading Virus
U.S. deportations are causing a dangerous spread of COVID-19 to Central America and the Caribbean.
When Patients Die Alone, How Do Families and Health Workers Relieve Suffering?
A tremendous emotional toll is imposed when loved ones are forced to battle COVID alone in hospitals or at home.
Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Global Mental Health Crisis
Millions face isolation, poverty and anxiety.
The Health Care Industry Could Profit From the COVID-19 Crisis
Journalist Naomi Klein says a “pandemic shock doctrine” is beginning to emerge.
Companies Plan to Profit in High-Tech COVID Dystopia
The pandemic could transform our lives into a “permanent living laboratory for a highly profitable no-touch future."
COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First and Exposed Structural Racism
A report found that 70 of the first 100 people to die of COVID-19 in Chicago were Black.
Cheyenne River Sioux Refuse Governor’s Demand to Remove COVID Checkpoints
The Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes say the checkpoints are the best way to protect their communities.
Trump Death Clock Creator Says Reckless Mishandling of COVID Must Be Quantified
Filmmaker, author and activist Eugene Jarecki keeps track of lives lost due to Trump's inaction.
Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking “Trump = Plague” in New York
The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours.
One Mardi Gras Story Lays Bare How COVID-19 Is Devastating Black People
A social organization's Mardi Gras aftermath shows the deadly disparate impact of the pandemic on its Black members.